Daisy Makeig-Jones Brooch

Daisy Makeig-Jones, designer
English, 1881-1945

Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, manufacturer

‘Dragon’ lustre brooch

Ca. 1915

Bone china with lustres glazes and gilding

2 in. Dm

$3,000.00

Celebrate the Year of the Dragon with this Daisy Makeig-Jones brooch. Daisy Makeig-Jones, as a lead designer at Wedgwood in the 1920s, created whimsical and vibrant pieces in her Ordinary and Fairyland Lustre lines. Most of these were useful wares (plates, vases, bowls), but a few really special Lustrewares were designed for everyday wear as jewelry. Few brooches survive today, making this ‘Dragon’ brooch a rare relic of Makeig-Jones’s wearable art.

Celebrate the Year of the Dragon with this Daisy Makeig-Jones brooch. Daisy Makeig-Jones, as a lead designer at Wedgwood in the 1920s, created whimsical and vibrant pieces in her Ordinary and Fairyland Lustre lines. Most of these were useful wares (plates, vases, bowls), but a few really special Lustrewares were designed for everyday wear as jewelry. Few brooches survive today, making this ‘Dragon’ brooch a rare relic of Makeig-Jones’s wearable art.

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Condition

Excellent, with some light crazing.

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Provenance

Collection of Dr. Ellis F. Rubin and Suzanne Borow Rubin

References

See Victoria & Albert Museum, C.66-1988 for an example of a Daisy Makeig-Jones brooch.

Literature

Una des Fontaines, Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre: the Work of Daisy-Makeig Jones (New York: Born-Hawes, 1975), p. 61.

Excellent, with some light crazing.

For a detailed condition report, please contact us.

Collection of Dr. Ellis F. Rubin and Suzanne Borow Rubin

See Victoria & Albert Museum, C.66-1988 for an example of a Daisy Makeig-Jones brooch.

Una des Fontaines, Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre: the Work of Daisy-Makeig Jones (New York: Born-Hawes, 1975), p. 61.

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This item ships free to the continental US, and globally for a flat-rate fee of $50.

All objects are packed with utmost care by our team of expert fine art shippers. All items are shipped with parcel insurance.

For more information on our shipping policies, please visit our FAQ Page.

All of our objects look even more stunning in person!

However, in case you are not satisfied with your purchase, we are willing to accept returns.

For more information on our return policies, please visit our FAQ page.